MA Art and Politics Event Series: Rob Yates

Rob Yates, Thanet District councillor, ex-Margate mayor, ex-Labour (now Greens), asylum rights campaigner comes to Goldsmiths!

Our new MA Art & Politics Guest Speaker Series continues on Monday 17 November with a second guest, ex-Margate mayor and activist Rob Yates.

Rob Yates is a Thanet District councillor, ex-Margate mayor, also ex-Labour (now Greens) and an asylum rights campaigner.

MONDAY 17 NOV
1:00-2:00pm
Room 219 RHB

Snacks available (courtesy of our fledging MAAP Society)

From May 2023 to May 2024, Rob served as the Mayor of Margate and organised several protests supporting the rights and dignity of people seeking asylum:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13381647/labour-mayor-bus-blockade-bibby-stockholm-ready.html

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9wgrr5dd94o

In September 2025, Rob left the Labour Party to join the Greens:

https://theisleofthanetnews.com/2025/09/19/thanet-council-cabinet-member-rob-yates-leaves-labour-party-to-join-greens/

www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9wgrr5dd94o

Dates & times

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